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Welcome to Tuesday! We start by looking ahead -

ROAD WORK TODAY: The city plans pavement repairs in the 2300 block of Sylvan/Orchard 8 am-5 pm; one lane will remain open, with flagger assistance in getting traffic to alternate. (Speaking of paving – if you missed it, on Monday we published the city’s list of where paving work is planned in West Seattle this year.)

8:24 AM: Multiple reports of trouble on northbound 99 – a crash just north of the bridge. No serious injuries reported at this point, so no SFD callout.

8:33 AM: From the scanner, police confirm two lanes blocked but are going to “try to move it to the shoulder” shortly.

8:41 AM: And now it sounds like one lane will remain blocked for a while. If you have yet to leave, passing up the 99 exit and using 1st or 4th to get into downtown might be a better bet. Tow trucks are now being requested.

9:11 AM: Traffic authorities say things are moving along closer to normally since all that was moved out of the main lanes.

13 Comments

On the 99 NB just N of the bridge an accident between a car and motorcycle just happened. Motorcycle rider was standing talking to other driver and appears to be fine. Traffic is starting to back up.

21x just rerouted to 4th avenue instead of 99. Heavier traffic than usual but moving. These traffic nightmares getting out of west Seattle following accidents are becoming a weekly occurrence. When does it end?!

Very disappointed in the Sylvan Way work. Had hoped they were fixing the disintegrating section by the cemetery, instead they’re fixing (ruining?) the section by Home Depot. God forbid we have decent pavement somewhere, job security to go make a mess of the good parts right?